icebound

Example Sentences

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When he writes that one of the icebound scientists was “mesmerized by its character; its power; its spectacular unsettling sounds — sometimes cracking like gunfire, sometimes shrieking as it split and cleaved,” we understand the fascination.

From New York Times

Winters, we can look across the vast eastward miles, and regard with pity the icebound, housebound millions in the manacles of winter.

From Los Angeles Times

Aside from a few technical glitches involving the two submersibles, and part of a day spent icebound when operations were suspended, the search proceeded relatively smoothly.

From New York Times

The Arctic of inhospitable, barely accessible and icebound expanses is transforming.

From Seattle Times

In September 1846, the expedition's two vessels —the Terror and Erebus — became icebound in the Victoria Strait, in Nunavut.

From Salon